Pianist Alexandra Balog to Perform Solo Recital at Salle Cortot

Pianist Alexandra Balog presents "Exploring Inner Landscapes," a solo piano program at Salle Cortot in Paris. The concert features works by Kodály, Mozart, Chopin, Noah Max, Schubert, and Liszt, including the French premiere of Noah Max's Piano Sonata Op. 54 No. 2 "The Curve." Balog, winner of the 2017 Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Graz, graduated with honors from the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2019. She earned an Artist Diploma from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in 2023, studying under Markus Schirmer, and has also studied with Ian Fountain, Zoltán Fejérvári, and Erzsébet Belák. In 2022, she won first prize at the International Piano Competition of the Franz Liszt Centre in La Nucia, Spain. She has performed at venues such as the Solti Hall of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Philharmonie Skopje, Berlinische Galerie, Steinway Salon Vienna, Hungarian Embassy in New York, and the Hungarian Music Week in Cancun. Balog has appeared as soloist with orchestras including Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Szent István Philharmonic, Danube Symphony Orchestra, Resonate Chamber Orchestra, Royal Academy of Music Orchestra, and Altalena Ensemble. She founded the Altalena Music Festival in 2014 and serves as its artistic director. Upcoming recitals are scheduled in Budapest, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Skopje, Mexico City, Manila, Beijing, New York, and London.